Improvement in fastenings for whip-sockets



B. N. SHELLEY."

- Whip Socket. N0. 84,513. Patented Dec. 1,1868.

N PETERi Pholmlilhognpher, Washinginr- D. C.

BENJAMIN N. SHELLEY, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 84,513, dated December 1, 1868.

MROVEMENT I'N FASTENING-S FOR WHIP-SOCKETS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Barnum N. SHELLEY, ofthe city of Newark, in the county of Essex, in the State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Whip-Sockets and Fastenings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and mode of operation of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a whip-socket, secured to the end of a dash-frame by' my improved fastenm 1 Fi gure 2 is a top sectional view of ,the ring or cornice, cut on the line h h of fig. 1, constituting the upper end of the socket,

The same letters refer to similar parts in the several figures.

Ais the body of the socket, made of tin or any other suitable material, in the ordinary manner.

H is a detached portion of the dash-board of a carriage, and c is the end of the dash-frame, to which the whip-socket is fastened.

B is a'metal ring, which may he made of malleable iron, and neatly fashioned, as shown, to form a suitable finish for the upper end of the socket, and to give it the required strength.

It'encloses the upper end of the socket-body A, and is firmly attached to it by solder or otherwise.

a is a hook, cast solid with and forming a part of the ring B, formed to fit against the outer surface of the end, 0, of the dash-frame.

b is a short arm, also cast solid with the ring A, at a suitable distance from the hook a, to admit the dashframe 0 between them.

. This arm it serves as a nut for the screw (1, designedto fastenthe socket to the dash.

O is a cup-shaped piece of metal, which forms the bottom of the socket, which may also be made of malleabl'e iron. This is fitted on to the lower end of the body B, and securely fastened to it.

On this is also cast a hook and an arm, similar to those on the ring B, and for a similar purpose.

It is evident that when the s ocket is adjusted to the dash, as shown in fig. 1, and the screws 11 and d are turned in against the dash-frame, the socket will be held securely in its place, and that it can be readily and conveniently removedby simply turning back the screws.

I am aware that a patent has been issued to Edwin.

Ohamberlin for a whip-socket fastening, consisting'of two jaws, made to clamp or encircle the socket, connected with another pair of jaws, that grasp the dashframe. Also, of the patent issued to Charles B. Morehouse for a whip-socket, in which are described, as the fastening, two pairs of jaws, one of the jaws in each pair being cast solid with the top and bottom of the socket, respectively, and the other being detachable, and at-' tached to the socket by a sc'rew,'which passes through it into the top of the socket. I here disclaim as new all that is described or claimed in either of said patents. My invention differs essentially from both.

\Vhen jaws are used, intended-to grasp the dashframc, it is obvious that they must be made to fit, in shape and size, the rod or frame which they grasp;

otherwise they will not hold on tightly. But as there is, in fact, no uniformity in the size and shape of the dash-frames of carriages, it follows that jaws really require to be specially fitted, in shape and size, to each carriage onwhich theyare fastened, in'grder to insure their holding firmly. But where, as inmy invention,

a simple hook is used on one side of the dash frame,

and a screwonly is turned up against the other side, fastenings of the same form andsize may be used on a great variety of sizes and shapes of dash-frames.

My fastening is also superior to othersin simplicity,.

cheapness, and beauty.

When jaws are used, as in the patents referred to, the detachable jaw, and the head of the screw which. fastens it to the other jaw, are on the side of the socket most exposed to view, when attached to the carriage,

' and these'are the parts most liable to become marred or defaced in'being put on and taken oif. In mine, the solid hook only is seen, the screw-head being well out of sight in the angle on the opposite side.

It is superior, also, in this, that the small end of a screw, pressing directly against the dash-frame, will hold the socket much more firmly than will the broader surface of a jaw.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A whip-socket, havingv connected with it a fastening consisting of the hook a and the screw d, constructed.

and operating substantially as and for the purpose specified.

BENJAMIN N. SHELLEY. Witnesscs:' 'lnos. A;MAsrnRsoN, d. P. Frron. 

